Missions & Complexes

I am not sure what ship the others are speaking about when they answer this but the only sub-cap ships that have the bandwidth for 2 geckos in space at the same time are the Domi twins and the Ishtar. At 50 bandwidth the Rattle gets 1(one) gecko in space at a time. The only advantage I ever found to the Geckos when flying a Rattle was the omni damage capability, that means that you can be lazy and not change drones as often if you are looking for max damage. However a set of damage specific mediums is actually more effective than a single Gecko.

Tank is personal thing. For a blitz ship I would be looking for around 600 to 700 and as much DPS as possible to start. After you get used to the ship etc I have heard of blitzers that have as little as 400-500 so they can have more gank. Obvioulsy faster ship you can get away with less tank, while a slower ship will require more so you will have to experiment to see where you are comfortable.

With that out of the way I would agree with others, due to it's slow nature and the fact that it is a drones ship the Rattle is a poor choice for blitzing missions.

In your current level 2-3 blitz you may find an Ishtar to be a better option than the Gila. A little slower but that is more than made up for by the wider array of drones you can carry with you specifically sentries. While your medium drones are slow boating to a target the Ishtar simply launches sentries and commences killing. And when you have to switch the 5 mediums from an Ishtar are just as effective and just as fast as your 2 drones in the Gila. Another benefit of the Ishtar is it bonuses ALL drones while the GIla only bonuses the mediums so on that rare target that you need lights they are more capable out of the Ishtar. Just some thoughts for you to consider.

If you are a min / max and looking to make ISK after LP conversions then I suggest you run level 3 SOE in a speed fit Mach.
I hate the blitz mission style so I am not the most efficient at it but with a Mach I was able to top 80 mil per easily and consistently.
Many players state that they routinely top the 100 mil mark so if you are a seasoned blitzer I suggest you look into this as alternative to blitzing 4's.

Here are some links to similar questions asked around here.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=427956&find=unread
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mach can run 2x geckos, 100/125 bandwidth/bay. I would guess a few other BS could as well, but cba to go through and look right now.

Ships that can use 2 Geckos:

Armageddon
Armageddon Navy Issue
Hyperion
Megathron Navy Issue
Dominix
Dominix Navy Issue
Maelstrom
Typhoon
Typhoon Fleet Issue
Nestor
Vindicator
Macherial
Bhaalgorn
Redeemer
Sin
Myrmidon
Eos
Stratios
Vexor Navy Issue
Ishtar
Proteus

Apparently no more Geckos (CCP Fozzie @ATXIII), so I guess enjoy them while they last (or are at least affordable).

Awesome. Will make my stack of them more valuable.

When did they release hats?

Geckos are not actually overpriced for the utility of them as yet BUT two Gecko will certianly add a lot to the viability of your mission ship as a gank target.

One trick with the Rattler Gecko if your lazy is put them on aggro and follow them about in close orbit with FoF missiles in the Rattlesnake.

That said I actually tend to use a dominix in semi-afk lazy mode and the rattler when I am paying attention and at the keyboard.

They were overpriced once they went over $10-million ISK.

Your sarcasmo meter is not working, I see

supers cant use drones smaller than fighters now, also the Skiff only has 50m3 of bandwidth so can only use 1 gecko. the carriers can however use a bunch, and that just sounds scary, although potentially cost prohibitive at this point.